Costs of HIV/AIDS treatment in Indonesia by time of treatment and stage of disease

Table 1 Characteristics of patients on ART

		CD4 cell count at time of starting ART
		0–50	50–100	100–150	150–200	>200	Overall
No. of observation at the start of ART		96	33	22	17	10	178
CD4 level at the start of ART , mean^a		19 (16 – 22)	71 (66 – 76)	124 (118 – 130)	177 (170–184)	275 (252 – 298)	39 (13–110)^b
Sex (male)		80 %	82 %	59 %	41 %	40 %	72 %
Age, mean^a		30 (29 - 31)	30 (28–32)	29 (28–30)	27 (26–28)	27 (25 – 29)	30 (29–31)
History of injecting drug use		69 %	70 %	55 %	41 %	70 %	65 %
Marital status	Married	52 %	58 %	45 %	35 %	60 %	51 %
	Not married	36 %	24 %	41 %	29 %	10 %	33 %
	Widowed/ divorced	10 %	15 %	14 %	29 %	30 %	15 %
Occupation status	Employed	67 %	82 %	86 %	82 %	80 %	74 %
	Student	2 %	-	-	6 %	-	2 %
	Unemployed	30 %	15 %	14 %	12 %	20 %	23 %
Highest education	Primary	3 %	-	-	-	-	2 %
	Secondary	58%	51 %	59 %	77 %	80 %	60 %
	Tertiary	36 %	48 %	41 %	24 %	20 %	37 %

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